Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19
WHY WONDERFUL WICHITA WILL
WIN.
A Few Thoughts and Pointers Respectfully
Submitted for Consideration by Our
Distinguished Guests.


self the most readily influenced by the one
or the other. 1t is thought that the Kan
as legislature does not embrace all and the
only men whom the EAGLE has persuaded
to come to Wichita. But, having you here
=. we might fail Of sustaining cur modest
reputation as q gentle screamer should We
neglect sprinkling in few gratuitous yet
valuable pointers along with our words OF
welcome:
1t Is unnecessary to say to such keenly
observant and truly representative men as
compose the greet body Of our distin-
guishod guests Of today that there is al
ways more Of either the good or the bad in
reserve than there is in sight. You viii
find no difficulty in seeing all that Wichita
has toshow It's on the outside The surface
is open for inspection. Touching what we
have already accomplished, the homes that
we have built along our smooth and beau
tifully shaded avenues, cur public and mer-
camille houses, onr factories, packeries and
crackeries, our shops, foundries and
schools, our seven railway lines, our two
systems of electric light, and our two
street car systems, etc, they constitute
living and brightly moving panorma,
whose unrolIing makes up full explain
alton
But for that part not yet unT0lled you
must depend upon the words Of the painter
for your estimate or knowledge Of what it
contains. Some Of you, perhaps, going
a little deeper than the surface
of things, will discover that there
is music in the air You will Catch
on TO the fact that Wichita is a
whole procession of fddles, caliopes, brass
bands and circus. You will feel Whit
of that breeze which is wont TO sweep the
new conner off his feet, inhale something
of the metropolitan life and spirit which
animates her business men and sends them
with that momentum only begotten of sue
cess. Some Of you, maybe many of you,
if the day proves fair and all things else
congenial, will fall in love with the new
city Of your adopted state and want to be-
come identified with her. That result we
are not seeking, nor is it desired. How
ever proud Wichita might be in the posses
sion of such a grand aggregation of brains
as are being carried about the borders of
the state and upon the shoulders
of her representative men, Wichitas
loyalty to Kansas nevertheless,
is of such "A clean unselfish cut as would
never permit her consent to rob the bal
ance Of the state Of anything, not even of
brains. However, if all we are and all we
promise to be, meets the full measure Of
your expectation, you would oblige us by
communicating your impressions to your
wifes relations, providing her relations live
down cast and have lots Of money which
they desire to profitably invest in real es-
tate. Having no state institutions, nor de-
string any, we want neither your money
nor your vote-iuSt your favorable iudg- |
ment. We didn't ask you to come and see
us that We might bone you for an appro-
priation at some time in the future: bat, |
that We might, while seeking to have our
importance understood, at the same time !
secure your friendship.
As we intimated in the first lines of this |
pointer, there are always more things in |
the future than in the present. While /
Wichita iatters herself that she has not
been wholly idle in the past. and while she |
claims to have put more good money into /
permanent Improvements last year than
was expended in the same direction by any
three or any half dozen of the other cities
n Kansas, Wichita will for the year 1887.
as far outStrip her last years work as she
dld that of other cities the year before.
The business blocks. the factories the
h otelS, the educational institutions, the
government building and the fine opera
house now under contract to be built the
coming summer will represent more money
value than all the brick buildings now
standing in the city. A list of these pub
lIshed some weeks ago, in which owner.
character and location were given. gave
sum total Of between three and four mil
lions of dollars. OF this number sixty odd
are TO be two or three story buildings. sew
en'een of them four story buildings. six Of
the N five Story buildings. four of them six
story buildings and one of them a seven
story building. These do not include resi-.
dences. public buildings, colleges or acade.
mics. churches. the Catholic See buildings
factories and depots, but nevertheless which
If placed upon any single street would
make more imposing show than is made
by the best street of any city in Kansas to.
day. This may be hard of realization by
anyone not familiar with Wichita's way
but visit paid us year hence will reveal
the Peerless Princess of the Plains TO be
indeed 'ha Pride of the Prairies.
In short, gentlemen, bear in mind that
you are viewing Wichita in the
duliest month of all the year. a
month when all classes of business are at
the lowest ebb and building operations en-.
areiy suspended. Come to Us in the hrirb,
hours of next summer, or in the mellow
days OF autumn. and we will show Won
city which, in its character and amount IF
ii S business, in the magnitude of its hnil5.
ing operations. in the life of its streets in
h.ar NJ its no ol.o l.